The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) with the patronage and support of the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, have the honour to announce the 2009 World Team Chess Championship in Bursa, Turkey. The event will be held from 3rd January 2010 (arrival) to 14th January 2010 (Departure).

II. Participants II.a Federations

According to FIDE Regulations D.07.11.6.2., the following Federations are entitled to send a team

Continental Champions Russia, Brazil, China, Egypt

3 Qualifiers from Olympiad Armenia, Israel, USA

Organiser Country and two invited Federations by FIDE President's approval Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Greece II.b Conditions for participants

Each team will consist of 6 athletes (4 players + 2 reserves) and one coachcaptain of the team for a total of 7 persons. These 7 people from each participating team will be provided with full hospitality including lodging, accommodation.

Honorarium for players For each players participating to event following daily honorarium will be paid

Ex-World Champion 100 SFr. Grandmasters 50 SFr. Others 30 SFr.

II.c Players' Obligations

a) All players are obliged to participate opening and closing ceremony. Otherwise, honorarium will not be paid. b) Tournament will be played according to zero tolerance rule which is valid following the 1st July 2009. c) Draw offer will not be made for the first 30 moves. d) All federations participating accept that they will comply fully with these regulations

III. Venue

The players will be hosted in Bursa, Turkey in the Almira Hotel (5 stars). The tournament Hall will be Merinos Congress Centre and is less than 100m distance from the hotel.

IV. Transportation

Each federation is responsible to cover their own travelling expenses to Atatürk Airport Istanbul. From Atatürk Airport to the Hotel in Bursa, transportation will be provided for the 7 persons registered as the team for the participating federations. Any person registering late for the tournament will be responsible for their own transfer. Additional accompanying persons will be charge 100 euros for the trip from and to Ataturk Airport. Bursa is 2.5 hours by car to Atatürk Airport.

V. Registration

The federations mentioned above are obliged to send their list of players and the name of captain by 4th December 2009. After that date, FIDE is entitled to substitute the federations according to FIDE Regulations. Organisers will not cover the accommodation cost and honorarium of teams if any teams are late in their registration.

VI. System of play

The championships will be played using a 9 round, round-robin system. Each team will play a match against all other teams. Colours and starting numbers will be drawn at the Opening Ceremony.

VII. Scoring and ranking Specific regulations of the tournament will not be used for that purpose. Each match will be scored by match points as used in the FIDE Olympiad. Winner will get 2 points, a draw will give each team 1 point, and a loss is scored as 0 points.

If any teams finish with equal game points, the tie shall be resolved as follows

a. by board points in total.

b. if a tie again results, the scores obtained by the tying teams against each other will decide;

c. if a tie again results, it shall be decided by board count (Berlin System) as follows

All Federations listed above are responsible to sent their player information and details with itenarary to
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or to the fax number of Turkish Chess Federation +90 312 3109620

XIII. Other matters

a) The prize fund and stipends shall be paid by the organizer at or before the closing ceremony.

b) FIDE and the Organiser shall not be responsible if any national tax has to be deducted from the prize money or for any tax obligation of the participants in their respective countries.

c) At any time in the course of the application of these regulations, any grounds that are not covered or any unforeseen event shall be referred to the FIDE President for final decision.